Hat



J. C. GORDINHO.

HAT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. I92].

Patehted Apr. 4, 1922.

Gum-M93 UNITED STATES JOAQUIM CINTRA GORDINHO OF NEW YORK, N. .Y.

HAT.

Application filed June 14,

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, Joaounr Oinrrm Goa- DrNrro, a citizen of Brazil, rcs'iding'at New York city, in the county of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hats. of which the following is a description, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawing and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

The invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in hats, and more particularly to an imitation woven hat.

An object of the invention is to provide a process of shaping and st-itcl'iing a light pliable material, such as cotton so as to cause the same to have the shape and appearance of a Panama hat.

it further object of the invention is to provide a hat made of light textile fabric,

which is shaped to simulate a- Panama hat, and wherein the fabric is stitched after being shaped, and the stitches so disposed as to cause the hat to maintain its shape and so as to cause the fabric to have the appearance of the closely woven fabric of a Panama hat. I

A still further object of the invention is to provide a hat of the above character wherein the crown portion is formed from a single outer thickness of fabric reinforced throughout the lower portion thereof by an inner layer of fabric and wherein the layers of fabric are united by the stitches which maintain the shape of the hat and give thereto its appearance of a closely woven fabric.

These and other objects will in part be obvious and will in part be hereinafter more fully disclosed.

Referring more particularly to the arr-our panying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat embodying my improvements;

Fig. '2 is a detail showing an enlarged section of a portion of the fabric forming the hat;

Fig. 3 shows more or less diagrammatically the crown portion of the hat and the shaping thereof;

Fig. 4: is a detail showing the portion of the reinforcing band;

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view in vertical section through a portion of the hat, and

Fig. 6 is a detail showing a portion of the crown at the apex thereof and the position of the lines ofstitches.

The invention is directed broadly to an Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr, 4, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 477,569.

imitation woven hat and the process of ,mak-

ing the same. The hat is made from a light. pliable textile fabric such as cotton fabric: I have found in practice the best results are accomplished by using a cotton fabric woven so as to have a finely ribbed surface. The hat is made by steaming, pressing, shaping and stitching the fabric sections. The crown portion is preferably made from a single outer ply of fabric which is reinforced throughout the lower portion only by a second inner ply of fabric. The inner ply of fabric is in the form of a band. This is placed on the block over which the hat is shaped and is preferably shrunk thereon so as to tightly grip the block. Then the outer ply of fabric is steamed, pulled, pressed and ironed until all wrinkles are removed therefrom and said outer ply of fabric smoothly conforms and tightly hugs'the block and the outer surface of the band of fabric first placed thereon. The band of fabric will be firmly gripped by the outer ply of fabric and the shaped crown portion may be readily removed from the block with the inner reinforcing ply of fabric attached to the outer crown portion. The shaped crown portion. is then stitched. The line of stitching preferably begins at the apex of the crown and in order to prevent the pucltcn ing of the crown of the apex. the stitches are laid in spiral rectangular formation,

which is i of considerable length relative to its width. and after a certain number of stitches have been formed, the lines of stitching are then carried into an ordinary curved iral down to the base of the crown includl 1 mg the reinforced sectlon thereof. These lines of stitching are laid very close together the tension on the threads drawingtlie fabric slightly so as to produce minute hills and dales. which are made very brominent by the ribbed surface of'the fabric, the stitches being so positioned relative to each other as to give more or less of an irregu-larline to these hills and dales and the whole gives the general appearance of a very finely woven fabric, suchas a Panama fabric. The stitches placed in the crown after it is shaped. also maintain the shaping of the crown. The brim portion is formed by stitching fabric sections in asimilar manner, and this brim portion is stitched to the crown in the ordinary way.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, my improved hat is composed of. a crown more portion 1 and a brim portion 2- which are stitched together in any well known Way. The crown portion 1 is formed of a sing e outer ply of light fabric, such as cotton fabric, and as above noted, I propose to use a cotton fabric woven so as to have a finely ribbed surface, and the inner reinforcing section 3 is also formed of similar material. -The fabric forming the reinforcing sec- .tion 3 .15 cut to shape and its ends ]01Il8d to form a continuous band, and is of proper wldth so as to reinforce the lower half portion only of the crown.

'. aid in this, a wet sponge anda hot iron are preferably used. In the above manner, the outer portion of the fabric forming the crown may be shaped to the block and caused to lie smoothly thereon without wrinkles,

and also to tightly grip the reinforcing section, first placed on the block. After the crown portion has been shaped and shrunk into engagement with the band on the block,

the two may be removed together by the use of a knife or the like, which is inserted be tween the inner ply of fabric and the block.

The crown portion is now stitched around the base to further serve as a holding means for the outer and inner plies.

The hat is now ready for the main stitch ing. I preferably start the stitching at the center or apex a of the crown. The stitching is'also preferably placed in a continuous row The first part of the stitchindicated at 5. ing is preferably laid in spiral rectangles indicated at 6. T, and S, which is of considerable l'ength relative to its width. This is for the purpose of preventing the gathering or puckering-of the crown portion of the hat, which might otherwise occur if the stitches werelaid in curved spiral form. After a. number of rows of stitches have beenv laid in rectangular form, then the rows of stitches gradually partake of a spiral curve and continue throughout the entire remainingportion of the crown; These .rows'of stitches are laid very close together. I have found in practice that one very good result is'secured by about one hundred and fifty rows of stitching between the apex and the base of the crown. These stitches are so closely spaced as to stiffen the textile fabric in which they are embedded. The stitches also jointhe inner reinforcing ply with the outer ply. forming the crown, and said stitches .a textile fabric having the shape of thus maintain the shaping of the crown portion of the hat. Furthermore, the rows of stitches being"placed close .together, and the stitches being relatively short, will draw the fabric s as to produce minute hills and dales. The ribs in the fabric emphasize the hill and dale efi'ect in the finished article. No particular care is taken in placing the stitches so that the needle punctures will be directly one beneath the other, and therefore these hills and dales lie in more or less curved lines. This gives to the stitched fabric the appearance of a closely woven fabric such as the fabric of a Panama hat. I have also found in practice that excellent results are obtained by using a fabric which is straw color and a stitching thread which is white. The contrast emphasizes the woven effect of Panama fabric. Furthermore, by the shrinking of the outer ply of fabric on to the reinforcing band, the

edge of the band is so embedded in the outer ply of fabric as to be practically undiscernible. y

The brim portion f the hat is made very much after the same manner. A plurality of layers of textile fabric are cut to size and shaped. These layers indicated at 11, 12 stitching, and the lines of stitching indicated at 14 are placed spirally asabove described and give to the brim port-ion the appearance of a closely woven fabric imitating the fabric of a Panama hat. The crown and brim portions are then stitched togetherand finished as at 15 in a manner well known in the art.

From the above description it will be ap parent that my invention is directed to a hat as an article of manufacture, which is and 13 in the drawings, are joined by i made of pliable textile material such as cotton. by shaping and stitching so as to give thereto the appearanceof a hat formed of a closely Woven fabric, and y the invention also consists in a process of Steps by which this is accomplished.

It will be obvious that I have not only produced a hat which has the appearance of a Panama hat, but also a hat which is very cheaply manufactured and which is r F its shape even under hard usage.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction and the steps of the process described may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent; is

1. An. imitation Panama hat comprising a Panama hat, and rows of stitches laid as closely together on the fabric and disposed so as tosimulate the fabric of a Panama hat.

very light. cool and one which will preserve 2. An imitation Panama hat comprising a textile fabric having a finely ribbed surface having the shape of a Panama hat, and rows of stitches laid closely together on the fabric and disposed so as to simulate the fabric of a Panama hat.

3. An imitation Panama hat including a crown portion made from a single outer ply of textile fabric shaped to conform to the crown of a Panama hat, and a reinforcing band of textile fabricwithin the crown portion and extending throughout the base portion only of the crown, and rows of stitches laid closely together on the fabric and dis posed so as to simulate the fabric of a Panama hat.

4. An imitation Panama hat including a crown portion made from a single outer ply of textile fabric shaped to conform to the crown of a Panama hat, and a reinforcing band of textile fabric within the crown portion and extending throughout the base portion only of the crown, rows of stitches laid closely together on the fabric and disposed so as to simulate the fabric of a Panama hat, and a brim portion made from a plurality of layers of fabric having a plurality of rows of stitches laid closely together and disposed so as to simulate the fabric of a Panama hat, said brim portion being stitched to the crown portion.

5. An imitation Panama hat including a crown having at least a portion thereof formed from a single ply of textile fabric shaped to conform to the crown of a Panama hat, and a series of stitches laid spirally and in rows closely together on the fabric and with the stitches disposed so as to simulate the fabric of a Panama hat.

6. An imitation Panama hat including a crown having at least a portion thereof formed from a single ply of textile fabric shaped to conform to the crown of a Panama hat, and a series of stitches laid spirally and in rows closely together on the fabric and with the stitches disposed so as to simulate the fabric of a Panama hat,

said fabric having a finely ribbed surface,

of the crown, and stitching-said crown portion by stitches laid in a spiral row extending from the apex of the crown to the base of the crown, superposing layers of textile fabric, and Stitching the same by spirally laid rows of stitches to form the brim and stitching the brim to the crown.

8. The process of making an imitation Panama hat comprising shrinking a band on a block shaped to conform to the crown, placing a single ply of textile fabric on said block and moistening and ironing said outer ply of fabric until it smoothly conforms to the block and tightly adheres to the band shrunk on the block, separating the band and crown portion from the block, stitching the band and crown portion at the base of the crown by a line of stitch ing, forming in the crown portion a. line of stitching starting at the apex and laid in spiral rows closely together and dispos ing the stitches so that the fabric will simulate the fabric of a Panama hat, forming the brim portion from a plurality of layers of textile fabric stitched together by spirally laid rows of stitches and stitching the brim to the crown portion.

9. The process of making an imitation Panama hat comprising shrinking a band on a block shaped to conform to the crown, placing a single ply of textile fabric on said block and moistening and ironing said outer ply of fabric until it smoothly conforms to the block and tightly adheres to the band shrunk on the block, separating the band and crown portion from the block, stitching the band and crown portion at the base of the crown by a line of stitching, forming in the crown portion a line of stitching starting at the apex and laid in spiral rows closely together and disposing the stitches so that the fabric will simulate the fabric of a Panama hat, forming the brim portion from a plurality of layers of textile fabric stitched together by spirally laid rows of stitches and stitching the brim to the crown portion, said stitches in the crown portion at the apex thereof being first laid in a rectangular spiral of considerable greater length than width to prevent the puckering or JQCINTRA GORDINHO. 

